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עֵגֶל H5695

H5695 is the Hebrew word עֵגֶל, transliterated ʻêgel and said ay-ghel. The King James Version most often renders it calf.

Word: עֵגֶלTransliteration: ʻêgelSaid: ay-ghelLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 32 verses

What it means

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer).

Where it comes from

from the same as H5696 (עָגֹל).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 32 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

calf 18×calves 10×like a calf 1×bullock 1×bullocks 1×calf's 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bullock, calf.

Verses using עֵגֶל

All 32 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 32:4 · KJV

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 32:8 · KJV

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 32:19 · KJV

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Exodus 32:20 · KJV

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

Exodus 32:35 · KJV

And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

Leviticus 9:2 · KJV

And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.

Leviticus 9:3 · KJV

And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;

Leviticus 9:8 · KJV

Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

Deuteronomy 9:16 · KJV

And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

Deuteronomy 9:21 · KJV

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

1 Samuel 28:24 · KJV

And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

1 Kings 12:28 · KJV

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 12:32 · KJV

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

2 Kings 10:29 · KJV

Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

2 Kings 17:16 · KJV

And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

2 Chronicles 11:15 · KJV

And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

2 Chronicles 13:8 · KJV

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

Nehemiah 9:18 · KJV

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

Psalm 29:6 · KJV

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

Psalm 68:30 · KJV

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Psalm 106:19 · KJV

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

Isaiah 11:6 · KJV

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Isaiah 27:10 · KJV

Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

Jeremiah 31:18 · KJV

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

Jeremiah 34:18 · KJV

And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,

Jeremiah 46:21 · KJV

Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

Ezekiel 1:7 · KJV

And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.

Hosea 8:5 · KJV

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

Hosea 8:6 · KJV

For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

Amos 6:4 · KJV

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Micah 6:6 · KJV

Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

Malachi 4:2 · KJV

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5695 mean?

H5695 is the Hebrew word עֵגֶל (ʻêgel), meaning a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer).

How is H5695 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it calf (18 times), calves (10 times), like a calf (1 time), bullock (1 time), bullocks (1 time), among others.

How many times does H5695 appear in the Bible?

עֵגֶל (ʻêgel) is tagged in 32 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5695 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from the same as H5696 (עָגֹל).

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